Woman in Md. hospital monitored for SARS
A 26-year-old Hong Kong woman who traveled to the United States last week is under watch at a Baltimore hospital as the state's first potential SARS patient, and nine of...
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Naming a virus no exact science
West Nile virus got its name from the district in Uganda where it was first identified. Epstein-Barr virus received its moniker from the researchers who initially described it. Arenavirus was...
Toronto sees setbacks in SARS battle
TORONTO - Just when health officials think they're close to controlling the SARS outbreak here, leaks have developed in their containment plan. In recent days, they've scrambled to track down...
Aid workers fight SARS with caution
TORONTO - Wearing a tight-fitting face mask, latex gloves and a Red Cross vest, Gurmeet Bambrah carefully lays a big, brown envelope up against the door of a single-family home...
Moving snow can hurt your heart, doctors say
Dr. Stephen H. Pollock has one order for the two heart attack patients he treated yesterday at St. Joseph Medical Center, after their efforts to dig out of the snow...
High-speed slug especially lethal
Struck in critical locations by a single bullet traveling at supersonic speed, few of the sniper's victims ever had a chance. Three of the 12 confirmed targets were struck in...
A sniper victim or not, surgeons rush to save a life
Dr. Rao R. Ivatury had no way of knowing that the 37-year-old gunshot victim who arrived in the emergency room at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond Saturday...
Md. organ recipient dies, had W. Nile
A St. Mary's County woman who died Tuesday, nearly a month after undergoing a kidney transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital, had tested positive for West Nile virus, and health officials...
Suspended city priest resigns his position
A priest who was suspended from his duties in July after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy has resigned, the Archdiocese Of Baltimore announced yesterday. The Rev. Alfred...
Firefighters battle unknown dangers
In teams of three, firefighters wearing blue oxygen tanks prepared to go into the tunnel, following a path of light from a nearby truck's headlights. They put on black face...